from lawrenh

Your diligence in slogging through endless, somewhat repetitive passages on the philosopher's stone shall be rewarded with QUOZ.

from jefware

Covers the Mississippi misadventures, south sea bubble and tulip mania.

from brett_in_nyc

This is a great one to have around to find little stories to remind you of just how ridiculous and stupid the collective is when it all runs after the same things. I am not minimizing the damage of the phenomenon to the finite lives of individuals. The damage is deadly for many, but you will not ...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Well, ok, I admit I didn't read the whole thing. I'll have to buy it. It's more like a reference, like a themed sampler of an encyclopedia. And it's difficult to read because it's old, from back when they used more big words and complex syntax. But goodness, the curious historian, the careful eco...

from hugh_ashton

You want to know how the subprime mortgage and CDS crisis came about? How the 2000 tech bubble was blown and collapsed? Read this book written in the 1840s (no, that's not a misprint). Plus ça change... The style is a beautiful early Victorian English, and worth reading for that reason alone, but...